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374. No man, in isolation, can gain for himself the means through which to satisfy his physical needs and develop his spiritual strength; he…
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Herz Homberg
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Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1812
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The purpose of the Jewish University is to offer Jewish youth the opportunity to obtain an education:A. In the general higher disciplines with special consideration given to the Wissenschaft des…
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Martin Buber, Chaim Weizmann, Bertold Feiwel
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Geneva, Switzerland
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1902
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Despite all the great difficulties and obstacles, the school in Demievka soon attracted the attention of the Kiev Jewish public. The remote muddy little street in Demievka became a central location…
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Mikhl Levitan
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1917
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- To perform their work in the workshop for three complete years from the day of their entry, not to cease at all during this tenure, and not to be hired by another artisan, neither as an apprentice nor…
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Sha‘are Torah Technical School
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
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1907
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…
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Ḥayim of Volozhin
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Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
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1803
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We can see that our sages, of blessed memory, likewise declared the Torah a weapon, as it has stood by us, enabling us to emerge triumphant in the wars for our religious and moral existence, in which…
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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines
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Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)
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1913
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It is a not a simple cookbook that I am presenting herewith to my sisters in faith, although most room is given to the “kitchen.” This book of Cooking and Home Economics [Koch- und…
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Flora Wolff
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Berlin, Germany
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1888
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One day, I was reading a certain book, which contained eight commentaries on the Song of Songs. More precious than pearls they are; all of their commentaries are sapphires, the words of the living God…
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Isaac ‘Akrish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1575–1578
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And with this ethical teaching I saw fit to seal up the pillar of Torah, which in our generation is very much weakened, and on the verge of the abyss, as all its methods of study are corrupt from the…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1607
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A simple four-syllable poem, where each of the four members of the line has four tenu‘ot, with no yated. In some of them, the members do not rhyme…
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Immanuel Benevento
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1547